The Monday Wrap (14th July): Clydesdale stay on course for double while Heriot's hit a speed bump in the East
Gary Heatly draws comfort from an entertaining weekend of domestic cricket after the a disappointing T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier tournament from men's national team
WHILE the inquest into Scotland’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier performance will rightly go on for some time, it was good to see the sun shining across the country at the weekend and some great domestic cricket being played.
Falkland put in an excellent display on Saturday to hand Eastern Premier League leaders Heriot’s their first league loss of the summer, setting up a cracking clash agains second in the table Grange this coming weekend.
Meanwhile, although RH Corstorphine lost at Carlton, Liam Naylor plundered 140 meaning the Scotland man has now hit 985 runs in just 10 league innings this season, including six centuries.
In the Strathmore and Perthshire Cricket Union North East Championship, Werner Brand made a quite remarkable 207 not out for Freuchie in a win over Aberdeenshire.
On the same day, Elston Clydesdale defeated Shimla Cottage Drumpellier to stay top of the Western Premiership One leaders, and on Sunday they won at M8 Driving Ferguslie to book their Scottish Cup final spot.
Also on Sunday, Aberdeenshire won the Under-15 ECB Vitality Cup finals day.